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Definition of 'cream'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cream
the fatty part of milk that rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand and is not homogenized.

2.  cream
a soft solid or thick liquid containing medicaments or other specific ingredients, applied externally for a prophylactic, therapeutic, or cosmetic purpose.

3.  cream
a purée containing cream or milk:
cream of tomato soup.

4.  cream
any of various foods made with cream or milk or having the thick, smooth consistency of cream:
pastry cream.

5.  cream
a soft-centered confection of fondant or fudge coated with chocolate.

6.  cream
the best part of anything.

7.  cream
a yellowish white.

8. (v.i.) cream
to form cream.

9.  cream
to froth; foam.

10. (v.t.) cream
to work (butter and sugar, etc.) to a smooth, creamy mass.

11.  cream
to prepare with cream, milk, or a cream sauce:
creamed spinach.

12.  cream
to allow (milk) to form cream.

13.  cream
to remove the cream from (milk); skim.

14.  cream
to take the best part of.

15.  cream
to use a cosmetic cream on.

16.  cream
to add cream to (tea, coffee, etc.).

17.  cream
Slang.

18.  cream
to beat up; thrash.

19.  cream
to win decisively over.

20. (adj.) cream
of the color cream; cream-colored.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME creme < AF, OF cresme < LL chrīsmachrism)

Definition of 'cream'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cream, pick
the best people or things in a group
"the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"

2. (noun) cream
the part of milk containing the butterfat

3. (verb) cream, ointment, emollient
toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin

4. (verb) cream
make creamy by beating
"Cream the butter"

5. (verb) cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
"We licked the other team on Sunday!"

6. (verb) cream
put on cream, as on one's face or body
"She creams her face every night"

7. (verb) skim, skim off, cream off, cream
remove from the surface
"skim cream from the surface of milk"

8. (verb) cream
add cream to one's coffee, for example

Definition of 'cream'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) cream
a thick substance to make skin smooth or to heal it
face cream; wrinkle creams

2. cream
a thick white liquid taken from milk
coffee with cream and sugar

3. cream
a yellowish-white color
***The walls were cream.

Definition of 'cream'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) cream
the rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained

2. (noun) cream
the part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface

3. (noun) cream
a delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream

4. (noun) cream
a cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation

5. (noun) cream
the best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures

6. (verb) cream
to skim, or take off by skimming, as cream

7. (verb) cream
to take off the best or choicest part of

8. (verb) cream
to furnish with, or as with, cream

9. (verb) cream
to form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle

Translation of 'cream'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the yellowish-white oily substance that forms on the top of milk, and from which butter and cheese are made.
Afrikaans: room	Arabic: قِشْدَه	Bulgarian: каймак
Brazilian: nata	Czech: smetana	German: der Rahm, die Sahne
Danish: fløde	Greek: καϊμάκι, πέτσα	Spanish: nata
Estonian: koor	Farsi: خامه	Finnish: kerma
French: crème	Hebrew: שָׁמֶנֶת	Hindi: मलाई, सर्वोत्म अंश, सार
Croatian: vrhnje	Hungarian: tejszín	Indonesian: krim
Icelandic: rjómi	Italian: crema, panna	Japanese: クリーム
Korean: 크림	Lithuanian: grietinėlė, grietinė	Latvian: krējums
Malay: krim	Dutch: room	Norwegian: fløte
Polish: śmietana	Persian: خامه	Pashto: کریم
Portuguese: nata	Romanian: smântână	Russian: сливки
Slovak: smotana	Slovenian: smetana	Serbian: pavlaka
Swedish: grädde	Thai: ครีม	Turkish: kaymak, krema
Taiwanese: 鮮奶油	Ukrainian: вершки	Urdu: ملائى، بالائى
Vietnamese: kem	Chinese: 奶油
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